bob@odi.com (Bob Miner) (08/03/90)
There's a new book by Randi Rost on X, Xt and Motif: X and Motif Quick Reference Guide by Randi Rost DP ISBN 1-55558-052-1 PH ISBN 0-13-972209-2 I just got a copy from DECdirect (1-800-344-4825). The part number when you call is EY-E/58E 0P (or something like that, it's hard to read the invoice). And the cost is $24.95 plus shipping. I think it's also about to appear at your local bookstore. I was surprised to get it so fast, as the projected ship date was 8/14/90. It's split into 5 sections: X Protocol - ~30 pages Xlib - ~120 pages Xt - ~80 pages Motif - ~90 pages General - ~40 pages for a total of 369 pages. It's exactly what is says - a reference book. It's not a 'guide' nor an 'introductory' book in that there's no long-winded explanation of how to program in X or Motif. But it does provide a good listing of the important functions, data structures, widgets, etc. with brief explanations. It's the type of book you'd use when you know what you're looking for but don't know the exact resource or function name. Having just gotten it, I can't vouch for it's accuracy or completeness, but it looks good from a brief flip-through. It's based on X11R4 and Motif 1.1. BTW, I'm not affiliated with Randi Rost, DEC or OSF in anyway. I'm just another programmer trying to make some useful applications will all of this. Bob Miner ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OOOOOOO ~ Bob Miner OOOO OOOO ~ Object Design, Inc. OOOOO OOOOO ~ 1 New England Executive Park OOOOO OOOOO ~ Burlington, MA 01803 USA OOOO OOOO ~ bob@odi.com or uunet!odi!bob OOOOOOO bject Design Inc. ~ voice: (617) 270-9797 FAX: (617) 270-3509 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere." - Dr. Seuss ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~